- 1Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
- 2Geological Survey of India, SU, Jharkhand, India
- 3Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
The Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) is a Proterozoic suture along which the Northern and Southern Indian Blocks are inferred to have amalgamated, forming the Greater Indian Landmass. The Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (CGGC) represents the eastern extension of the CITZ and exposes several granite plutons. Enclaves of diverse origin are present as minor constituents within these granitic bodies. This study reports new major and trace element data for anorthosite enclaves hosted within granites in the Pattharkatti and Rajgir area from the northern margin of CGGC to get modern insights into the petrogenesis of anorthosites. Anorthosite enclaves show sharp contact with the host granite. They contain cumulus plagioclase (An87–94), intercumulus amphibole (magnesiohornblende and ferrotschermakite), and biotite (Mg-biotite and phlogopite) along with minor iron oxides. Amphibole crystallization pressure and temperature are constrained between 0.5 and 6.4 kbar and 653–780°C for the anorthosites. The studied anorthosites display a very gradual and steady increase in whole-rock rare earth element (REE) contents from Lu to La [(La/Yb)N = 1.22–13.08]. They also show a sharp decline in Fe2O3(t) and MgO, whereas Al2O3 increases with increasing silica contents from 45.69 to 51.16 wt%. In the chondrite normalized REE diagram, plagioclase exhibits LREE enriched patterns with strong positive Eu anomaly. The composition of parental liquid for anorthosite from the study area was estimated by adopting the equilibrium distribution method. Parental melt curves from Sm to La are near parallel and constrained broadly between trapped melt fractions (TMF) = ∼5%–15%. Anorthosites of the study area may have formed from the plagioclase-saturated basaltic melt.
1 Introduction
Enclaves are fragments of foreign rocks comprising one individual crystal or an aggregate of crystals enclosed in homogeneous igneous rock (Didier and Barbarin, 1991). Enclaves have diverse characteristics, implications, and origins. As enclaves are embedded within a plutonic rock, they may be older or contemporaneous with the host. Based on the diverse mineralogy, composition, and textures, Didier and Barbarin (1991) proposed nomenclature for four major types of enclaves: surmicaceous, schlieren, xenolith, and magmatic. Magmatic enclaves are the most common and abundant in granite hosts. These enclaves are widely distributed throughout a pluton and vary in abundance at the outcrop level (Vernon, 1984; Wiebe et al., 1997).
Several hypotheses exist regarding the origin of magmatic enclaves. One widely held view is that they are generated by mixing or mingling mafic and crustal felsic magmas (Vernon, 1984; Frost and Mahood, 1987; Dorais et al., 1990; Blundy and Sparks, 1992; Wiebe et al., 1997; Perugini et al., 2003; Barbarin, 2005; Feeley et al., 2008). The “Restite Model,” which is an alternative idea, considers magmatic enclaves as refractory solid residues of partial melting of a source (e.g., White and Chappell, 1977; Chappel et al., 1987; Chen et al., 1989; Chappell, 1996; White et al., 1999; Chappell et al., 2000). A third proposition, known as the “Cognate Model,” considers magmatic enclaves as an accumulation of early crystallized minerals from the magma or a cogenetic melt and trapped interstitial liquids (e.g., Fershtater and Borodina, 1977; Phillips et al., 1981; Clemens and Wall, 1984; Clemens and Wall, 1988; Dodge and Kistler, 1990; Fershtater and Borodina, 1991; Dahlquist, 2002; llbeyli and Pearce, 2005). Three slightly different mechanisms have been proposed under the “Cognate Model” for forming enclaves: 1) cumulate clots (Dodge and Kistler, 1990; Dahlquist, 2002), 2) disrupted chilled margins (Donaire et al., 2005), and 3) disrupted cumulate assemblages (Bébien, 1991; Platevoet and Bonin, 1991). The different hypotheses described above reflect the complexity of enclave-forming processes and the lack of consensus on their origin. One major debate has been the identification of the parental magmas of magmatic enclaves.
The focus of this work is the petrochemical characterization of anorthosite enclaves hosted within Proterozoic granites of the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (CGGC) to 1) document their geochemical composition, 2) constrain possible parental melt composition based on trace element modeling, and 3) ascertain their origin. In addition, enclaves of pyroxenite, hornblendite, and diorite, which are rare in the study area, are also characterized to explore any correlation with the anorthosites.
2 Geological setting
A roughly WNW–ESE–trending orogenic belt, called the Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) (Figure 1A), dissects the Indian shield into two halves and represents a major paleosuture along which different Archean and Paleoproterozoic blocks of the Indian shield are believed to have fused to form the “Greater Indian Landmass” (Acharyya, 2003; Bhowmik, 2019). The CGGC, which is a vast tract in the Peninsular Eastern Indian Shield, comprises gneisses, granites, and granulite-facies rocks (Ghose, 1992) and represents the eastern extension of the CITZ. It covers an area of 100,000 sq km in the Indian States of Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal (e.g., Mahadevan, 2002; Acharyya, 2003; Sharma, 2009; Sanyal and Sengupta, 2012) (Figures 1A, B). The CGGC is juxtaposed between two mobile belts, namely, the North Singhbhum Mobile Belt in the south and the Mahakoshal Mobile Belt in the north (Figure 1B). It is also surrounded by the Gangetic alluvium in the north, the Mesozoic Rajmahal Traps in the east, and Gondwana deposits and supracrustal rocks and granitoids of the Mahakoshal Group in the west.
FIGURE 1. (A) map of India showing the location of the Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) along with other Proterozoic mobile belts of India, including the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt and the Aravalli Delhi Mobile Belt. The CITZ comprises the central CITZ, the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (CGGC), and the easternmost Shillong Plateau Gneissic Complex. Four Archaean cratonic nuclei of India, namely, Singhbhum, Bastar, Bundelkhand, and Dharwar, are also shown (modified after Pradhan et al., 2009). GB, Godavari Basin; MB, Mahanadi Basin; MMB, Mahakoshal Mobile Belt; SB, Satpura Basin; NSMB, North Singhbhum Mobile Belt; SGT, Southern Granulite Terrain. (B) map of CGGC modified after Sanyal and Sengupta 2012 showing the five subdivisions of CGGC, namely, (I) Ranchi–Purulia, (II) Hazaribagh–Dumka, (III) Giridih–Deoghar, (IV) Bihar Mica Belt, and (V) Rajgir–Kharagpur subdivisions as proposed by Mahadevan (2002) delineated by orange lines. Also shown in the map are current subdivisions of CGGC proposed by Mukherjee et al. (2019) marked as Domain I (IA and IB), Domain II, and Domain III. The green square box shows the study area. Sample locations are marked in stars. NPSZ, North Purulia Shear Zone; SPSZ, South Purulia Shear Zone.
The CGGC is a complex collage of high-grade ortho- and para-gneisses, migmatites, and metasedimentary enclaves intruded by metabasic, anorthositic, and granitic plutons (Figure 1B) (Ghose, 1983; Mazumdar, 1988; Sarkar, 1988; Ghose, 1992). Younger mafic, ultramafic, and alkaline (sodic and ultrapotassic) intrusives of early Tertiary age are also present. The metasedimentary suite includes metapelite, quartzite, and calc-silicate rocks. The evolution of the CGGC is marked by multiple episodes of magmatism, metamorphism, and deformation over a geological history spanning from Proterozoic to approximately 65 Ma (Mukherjee and Ghose, 1998). Mukherjee et al. (2019) divided the CGGC into three roughly east–west domains. Domain IA covers rocks exposed in the southernmost part of the CGGC and is bounded by the Gondwana Boundary Fault (GBF) and the South Purulia Suture Zone (SPSZ). The E–W trending Domain IB is sandwiched between GBF and Domain II to its north. Domain II is sandwiched between Domain III in the north and the GBF in the south and includes the ENE–WSW trending Bihar Mica Belt (BMB), which comprises a distinct lithological ensemble in the CGGC. Domain III at the northern fringe of CGGC, north of the BMB, comprises migmatitic quartzo-feldspathic gneisses and supracrustals. The present study area (Figure 1B) lies in Domain III of Mukherjee et al. (2019). Overall, four magmato-metamorphic events, viz., >2.5 Ga, 1.6–1.5 Ga, 1.2–1.0 Ga, and 0.9 Ga, have been proposed for this crustal block by different workers, mainly based on zircon U–Pb ages (Chatterjee et al., 2008), whole-rock (WR) Rb–Sr isochron (Krishna et al., 1996; Singh and Krishna, 2009), and monazite chemical dates (Maji et al., 2008; Chatterjee et al., 2010; Karmakar et al., 2011). Most of these ages are from the metamorphosed basement lithologies in the eastern part of the high-grade terrain. Chatterjee and Ghose (2011) reported a crystallization age of 1,697 ± 17 Ma (U–Pb monazite) of porphyritic granite from the northern margin of CGGC. Saikia et al. (2017) and Saikia et al. (2019) suggested subduction-related arc magmatism for the formation of the granites of the Bathani volcanic and volcano–sedimentary sequence emplaced at approximately 1,700–1,600 Ma.
The study area (Rajgir and Pattharkatti) (Figure 1B) falls in the northern part of the Chhotanagpur plateau, flanked by Indo–Gangetic alluvial plains in the north and the Rajgir Group of Proterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the southeast. The area exposes a gabbro–anorthosite–granite suite. The granites are of Proterozoic age (1,750–1,660 Ma; U–Pb in zircon; Saikia et al., 2017). Enclaves of anorthosites are found within granites in the Rajgir area. The enclaves are either rounded or angular and of variable size (<0.5 m in the longer dimension) (Figures 2A–C). In the Pattharkatti area, exposures of granite plutons are observed, wherein anorthosites are seen hosted within the granites. In addition, pyroxenite and hornblendite enclaves are hosted within the anorthosites (Figures 3A–C).
FIGURE 2. (A,B) anorthosite enclaves within Proterozoic granite from the Rajgir locality (N 24°59′33.5″, E 85°15′47.6″) of northern CGGC. (C) a photograph of the hand specimen of anorthosite enclave.
FIGURE 3. Different enclaves found within the anorthosites of the Pattarkatti region (A) pyroxenite enclave (N 24°58′99.0″, E 85°12′08.22″) (B, C) hornblendite enclave (N 24°58′35.7″, E 85°12′08.22″; N 24°58′99.0″, E 85°12′08.22″) (D) diorite enclave (N 24°58′99.0″, E 85°12′08.22″).
It is of interest that a diorite enclave was seen to occur within the anorthosite, which in turn was hosted within the granite (Figure 3D), representing a double enclave. Anorthosite enclaves are also observed hosted within the granite in the Pattarkatti area (Figure 4A). In addition, a dolerite dyke cross-cuts the same granite body (Figure 4B). These different rock enclaves display sharp margins with the host granites.
FIGURE 4. Field occurrence of (A) anorthosite enclave within granite (N 24°58′99″, E 85°12′08.22″) (B) dolerite dyke (N 24°58′35.7″, E 85°12′08.22″) cross-cutting the anorthosite enclave bearing granite pluton.
3 Analytical techniques
3.1 Thin section
Thin sections were studied in a Nikon E-200 POL petrographic microscope using plane and cross-polarized transmitted light to identify locations suitable for in-situ assessment of mineral chemistry via electron-probe microanalyzer (EPMA) instrument, i.e., without surface scratches or mineral/fluid inclusions. Mineral names are abbreviated where appropriate following Whitney and Evans (2010). Modal contents were visually estimated in volume percent (vol%).
3.2 Electron-probe analysis
Compositions of minerals were analyzed on CAMECA SX-5 EPMA at the DST-SERB National Facility, Department of Geology (Center of Advanced Study), Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University. The instrument was operated at an accelerating voltage of 15 kV and a beam current of 10 nA using a LaB6 electron source. The positions of crystals (SP1-TAP, SP2-LiF, SP3-LPET, SP4-LTAP, and SP5-PET) and wavelength dispersive spectrometers were verified using andradite as an internal standard. The X-ray lines that were used for analyses include F-Kα, Na-Kα, Mg-Kα, Al-Kα, Si-Kα, P-Kα, Cl-Kα, K-Kα, Ca-Kα, Ti-Kα, Cr-Kα, Mn-Kα, Fe-Kα, Ni-Kα, and Ba-Lα. The routine calibration and quantification of data were performed with the help of natural mineral standards supplied by CAMECA-AMETEK, which include fluorite, halite, periclase, corundum, wollastonite, apatite, orthoclase, rutile, chromite, rhodonite, hematite, barite, and Ni pure metal. Routine calibration, acquisition, quantification, and data processing were performed with the help of SxSAB (version 6.1) and SX-Results software supplied by CAMECA. Analysis precision is better than 1% for major oxides and 5% for trace elements. Further details on the analytical procedure can be obtained from Pandey et al. (2019).
3.3 Bulk rock major oxide and trace chemistry
The WR (major, trace, and rare earth element [REE] chemistry) analyses were conducted at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Major oxides and selected trace elements were analyzed using an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF; Bruker S8 Tiger). The detailed sample digestion procedure was as follows. Sample powders (200 mesh) were dried in an oven at 105°C for 12 h. About 1.0 g of the dried powder was accurately weighed in a ceramic crucible and then heated in a muffle furnace at 1,000°C for 2 h. After cooling to 400°C, the samples were placed in the drying vessel and weighed again to calculate the loss on ignition. About 0.6 g sample powder was mixed with 6.0 g cosolvent and 0.3 g oxidant in a Pt crucible and heated in a furnace at 1,150°C for 14 min. Then, the sample was quenched in the air for 1 min to produce flat disks for the XRF analyses.
The REEs were analyzed using an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS; Perkin Elmer SCIEX ELAN DRC-e). The procedures for sample digestion and preparation of solutions for ICP-MS analyses are after Balaram et al. (1990). The USGS (BHVO-1, AGV-1) and JGS (JG-2, RGM-1) rock standards were used to calibrate the ICP-MS and keep a check on data quality. The major, trace, and REE data of the anorthosite samples are given in Table 1, whereas those of diorite, hornblendite, pyroxenite, granite, and dolerite samples are listed in Table 2. Overall accuracy and precision (RSD) are <5% and 2–3% for major/minor oxides and <12% and 10% for trace elements, respectively (Purohit et al., 2006; Saini et al., 2007).
TABLE 1. Whole-rock composition of the studied anorthosite samples from the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex via X-ray fluorescence spectrometer and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer.
TABLE 2. Whole-rock composition of the studied diorite, hornblendite, pyroxenite, granite, and dolerite samples from the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex via X-ray fluorescence spectrometer and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer.
3.4 Mineral trace element and rare earth element chemistry
Trace element concentrations in plagioclase were measured in-situ in thin sections using a Thermo Fisher Scientific iCAP-Q ICP-MS coupled with a New Wave Research 193 ArF Excimer laser ablation system at the Radiogenic Isotope Facility, Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur. The analyses were conducted at a spot size of 50 µm, a laser repetition rate of 10 Hz, and a fluence of 6 J/cm2. The ICP-MS was optimized for maximum sensitivity on Li, Co, In, Th, and U while keeping the oxide production rate below 0.8–1.0%. External standardization was conducted by bracketing 10 measurements of the samples by two analyses of NIST 610 reference glass. The data quality was monitored by ablating the NIST 612 and NIST 610 reference glasses as unknowns together with the samples. The accuracy and precision are better than 10% for most trace elements. The trace element data from multiple analyses of the NIST 612 and NIST 610 reference glasses are provided in Supplementary Table S1.
4 Results
4.1 Petrography and mineral chemistry
4.1.1 Host granite
Granite is the host lithology of this terrain. It is coarse-grained, leucocratic, and massive. It is composed of quartz, feldspar (plagioclase and K-feldspar), and biotite. The granite modally consists of K-feldspar (35–40 wt%), quartz (30–35 wt%), plagioclase (20–30 wt%), biotite (5–10 wt%), and accessory phases (<1 wt%) and displays equigranular texture (Figures 5A, B).
FIGURE 5. Photomicrograph of (A,B) granite host rock showing association of quartz, biotite, and feldspars. (C) anorthosite showing cumulate grains of anorthite with intercumulus hornblende, (D) pyroxenite with phenocryst of clinopyroxene, (E) hornblendite showing cumulate texture with a hornblende volume percentage of ∼80–90%, (F) typical assemblage of plagioclase and hornblende and biotite in diorite. (G,H) dolerite with the typical assemblage of pyroxene and plagiocalse showing ophitic to subophitic texture.
The chemical compositions of feldspar, biotite, epidote, and iron oxide quantified via EPMA in the studied granites are listed in Supplementary Tables S2A–E. Plagioclase composition ranges from oligoclase to andesine (An15–31), whereas the K-feldspar is orthoclase (Or90–100) (Supplementary Figure S1). Biotite is phlogopite and Mg-biotite (Supplementary Figure S2). The Fe-oxide is mostly magnetite. Epidote occurs as an accessory phase in the host granite.
4.1.2 Enclaves
4.1.2.1 Anorthosite
Anorthosites comprise an assemblage of well-formed feldspar macrocrysts interspersed with a fine-grained interstitial mass of fine-grained amphibole and biotite. A minor amount of iron oxide is also observed. Biotite and amphibole are late phases formed from the intercumulus melt. Plagioclase feldspar mostly occurs as randomly oriented tabular subhedral to euhedral laths (Figure 5C). A minor amount of hornblende and biotite occur as clots within the intergranular spaces between the tabular plagioclase crystals.
The chemical compositions of feldspar, amphibole, biotite, chlorite, and epidote in the anorthosites quantified via EPMA are listed in Supplementary Tables S3A–D. The plagioclase composition ranges from An87–94, and these are classified as bytownite and anorthite (Supplementary Figure S1). Biotite is Mg-biotites and phlogopite (Supplementary Figure S2). The amphibole is classified as magnesiohornblende and ferrotschermakite (Supplementary Figure S3) with high Si (6.10–7.13 a.p.f.u) and XMg [Mg/(Mg + Fe2+)] varying between 0.40 and 0.62 suggestive of an igneous origin (Sial et al., 1998). Fe-chlorite (Type 1; Zane and Weiss, 1998) is a secondary phase formed by the alteration of pyroxene and amphibole. Epidote is an accessory phase in anorthosite.
4.1.2.2 Pyroxenite
The pyroxenites are coarse-grained with an average grain size of 4–5 mm. They contain clinopyroxene (>90 vol%) and amphibole with minor ilmenite-magnetite. Clinopyroxene occurs as a subhedral to anhedral coarse-grained cumulate phase (Figure 5D). Chlorite is the common altered product of clinopyroxene. Hornblende grains are present as anhedral, medium- to coarse-grained cumulate phases. They occupy the spaces between the cumulates. The studied pyroxenite rocks show adcumulate texture, wherein clinopyroxene and amphibole occur as cumulates and Fe–Ti oxides as the intercumulus phases.
The chemical compositions of clinopyroxne, amphibole, and iron oxides quantified via EPMA in the studied pyroxenites are listed in Supplementary Tables S4A–C. Clinopyroxene is of diopside and augite composition (Supplementary Figure S4), with a compositional range of Wo 29–50 Fn 39–52 Fs 10–19. The studied amphibole of pyroxenite enclaves is classified as magnesiohornblende and actinolite (Supplementary Figure S3). Actinolite seems to be an alteration product. The Fe-oxides observed in the pyroxenite are ilmenite and magnetite.
4.1.2.3 Hornblendite
The hornblendite sample (Figure 5E) is mainly composed of medium- to fine-grained idiomorphic and equigranular hornblende (cumulus hornblende ranges from 1 to 2 mm, and intercumulus clinopyroxene crystals are <600 µm), occasionally skeletal, with minor inclusions of exsolved Fe–Ti oxides and interstitial anorthositic plagioclase (<600 µm). Amphibole crystals are randomly oriented, and grain boundaries are commonly smooth, curvilinear, and sutured. Euhedral hornblende displays orthocumulate texture with intercumulus plagioclase, suggesting high-temperature crystallization for the amphibole before plagioclase. Neither reaction textures nor relicts are observed in this rock. Accessory phases are disseminated granular magnetite–ilmenite pairs that occur on the interfaces of clinopyroxene and amphibole.
The chemical compositions of amphiboles, plagioclases, clinopyroxenes, biotites, chlorites, iron oxides, and apatite quantified via EPMA in the studied hornblendite are listed in Supplementary Tables S5A–G. The amphiboles are classified as magnesiohornblende and actinolite (Supplementary Figure S3). Magnesiohornblendes are primarily igneous, and actinolite seems to be of alteration product of clinopyroxenes. The plagioclase composition range from An8–82 (albite and bytownite) (Supplementary Figure S1). Albite could be the low-temperature alteration product. The clinopyroxene composition of the hornblendite varies from En 43–53 Wo27–30 Fs19–26 (Supplementary Figure S3). Biotite is phlogopite and Mg-biotite based on classification after Rieder et al. (1998) (Supplementary Figure S2). Type I trioctahedral Fe-chlorites are present as a secondary mineral formed by the alteration of amphibole and pyroxene. The Fe–Ti oxide phase is mostly ilmenite. Apatite is present as an accessory phase in the hornblendite.
4.1.2.4 Diorite
The modal composition of diorite includes plagioclase (∼75–80 vol%), amphibole (∼15–20 vol%) quartz (∼3 vol%), and iron oxide (∼1 vol%) (Figure 5F). Plagioclase occurs as subhedral tabular crystals displaying lamellar twinning. It is unzoned and partly replaced by white mica. Hornblende is abundant and partially chloritized. The opaque minerals are represented by homogeneous subhedral ilmenite grains.
The chemical compositions of plagioclase, amphibole, and a minor amount of chlorite quantified via EPMA in the studied diorite are listed in Supplementary Tables S6A–C. The amphibole is classified as magnesiohornblende and ferrotschermakite to actinolite with Si (6.35–7.96 a.p.f.u.) and XMg (0.48–0.83) showing a large variation. Chlorite in the diorites is Fe-chlorite (after Zane and Weiss, 1998).
4.1.3 Syn-plutonic mafic dyke
The dolerites are medium- to fine-grained porphyritic varieties. Euhedral plagioclase is the dominant phenocryst phase, commonly 100–300 µm across. The groundmass comprises subhedral plagioclase, clinopyroxene, and trace Fe–Ti oxides. Minor plagioclase and clinopyroxene grains in the samples are partially altered to epidote and amphibole. Plagioclase is fully or partially engulfed by clinopyroxene resulting in subophitic and ophitic texture (Figures 5G, H).
The chemical compositions of clinopyroxene, plagioclases, amphibole, and iron oxide quantified via EPMA in the dolerite are listed in Supplementary Tables S7A–D. The plagioclase ranges from albite to bytownite (An∼1–73) (Supplementary Figure S1). Clinopyroxene from the dolerite is mainly diopside to augite with the compositional range Wo26.72–43.93 En35.38–40.95 Fs18.78–33.76 (Supplementary Figure S4). The iron oxides in dolerite are mainly ilmenite. The studied amphiboles in dolerite are classified as ferroactinolite to actinolite with Si (7.59–7.78 a.p.f.u.) and the XMg [Mg/(Mg + Fe2+)] varying from 0.5 to 0.7. They are of igneous origin as seen in the Si vs. Na + Ca + K plot (Sial et al., 1998).
4.2 Trace element and rare earth element of plagioclase in anorthosite
Trace element data (in ppm) of representative plagioclase from anorthosite samples RJ 48D, RJ 45B, and RJ 40 were obtained and are listed in Supplementary Table S1. The abundance of large ion lithophile elements (LILE; e.g., Cs, Rb, K, Ba, Sr, and Eu) and high field strength elements (HFSE; e.g., Ti, Zr, Nb, U, Th, and Ce) are quite consistent across the three samples as displayed in Supplementary Figure S5. Among the HFSE, elements such as Zr, Nb, Th, and U are seen to be constrained between rock/chondrite = 0.01–0.1.
Trace elements in plagioclase have been widely used to distinguish magmatic rocks, particularly lunar rocks. In the (Eu/Sm)CN (degree of Eu anomaly) vs. Na (proxy for plagioclase An) plot (after Joy, 2013; Russell et al., 2014), the ferroan lunar anorthosites (Papike et al., 1997; Floss et al., 1998; Cahill et al., 2004; Russell et al., 2014; Kent et al., 2017) trend vertically on the extreme right between Na = 1,504–4,246 ppm (Figure 6A). The plagioclase of this study is constrained between Na = 11,961–29,267 ppm, whereas the plagioclase of Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland (Namur and Humphreys, 2018), displays broad variations from Na = 26,200–55,462 ppm. The lunar plagioclase of Papike et al. (1996) shows a transition between ferroan anorthosites and samples of this study. In the Ba (ppm) vs. Ce (ppm) plot, the plagioclase of this study displays an increasing Ce trend, which is most likely because of fractional crystallization (Figure 6B). The plagioclase of lunar rocks and Skaergaard Intrusion, Greenland, conversely, show an increasing Ba trend, which is likely generated by progressive melting of the source or mixing of two magmas from different sources (e.g., Nielsen et al., 2020).
FIGURE 6. (A) (Eu/Sm)CN vs. Na (ppm) (after Joy, 2013; Russell et al., 2014) and (B) Ba (ppm) vs. Ce (ppm) plots for plagioclase. For Namur and Humphreys (2018), Sr >950 (n = 3) and Ba >240 (n = 1) were not considered in the plot. Normalizing values are taken from Sun and McDonough (1989).
In the chondrite (C1; Sun and McDonough, 1989) normalized diagram (Figure 7), REEs (La to Gd) of analyzed plagioclase in the three samples display similar enrichment and overall increasing trend from Gd (plagioclase/C1 = ∼0.18–1.81) to La (plagioclase/C1 = ∼2.66–43.67) but with a strong positive Eu anomaly. HREEs are not shown because of a lack of sensitivity because of low contents in plagioclase. Plagioclase analysis of sample RJ 40 displays relatively low REE enrichment.
FIGURE 7. Chondrite normalized rare earth element patterns for plagioclase in anorthosite samples RJ 45B, RJ 40, and RJ 48D from the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex. Normalizing values are taken from Sun and McDonough (1989).
4.3 Whole-rock geochemistry
Representative WR major and trace element compositions of the anorthosite, diorite, hornblendite, and pyroxenite are given in Table 2. A plot of selected major oxides vs. SiO2 content is shown in Figures 8A–F, and selected trace elements vs. SiO2 content are shown in Supplementary Figures S6A–F. Literature data of selected plutonic rocks from CGGC are also plotted to figure out the overall geochemical trends in the region. In the anorthosite rocks (Ghose et al., 2008; this study), both Fe2O3(t) and MgO contents decline steeply, whereas Al2O3 increases sharply with an increase in SiO2 from 45.69 to 51.16 wt%. In the gabbro (Manikyamba et al., 2020; Rasheed et al., 2021) and granite (Singh and Krishna, 2009; Saikia et al., 2014; Yadav et al., 2016; Saikia et al., 2017; Saikia et al., 2019) rocks, both Fe2O3T and MgO decrease gradually with increase in SiO2 from ∼48 to ∼78 wt%.
FIGURE 8. (A–F) major oxides vs. SiO2 plots. Lines represent the liquid line of descent calculated using MELTS (Gualda et al., 2012) at p = 3 kbar, H2O = 1 wt%, and oxygen buffer = QFM. Rock abbreviations are from Chace (1956): bas, basalt; dole, dolerite; ano, anorthosite; dio, diorite; and gr, granite. S&S′02- Selbekk and Skjerlie (2002); K&S′21- Krättli and Schmidt (2021).
In the selected trace elements vs. SiO2 plots (Supplementary Figure S6), most trace elements of CGGC rocks appear to form two clusters, with SiO2 = ∼60 wt% forming the dividing line. Hornblendite, pyroxenite, basalt, dolerite, gabbro, and anorthosite rocks of CGGC cluster at SiO2 < ∼60 wt%, whereas granites cluster at SiO2 > ∼60 wt%. Rocks with SiO2 < ∼60 wt% are relatively more enriched in Ni, Sc, V, and Sr but depleted in Pb and Th than rocks with SiO2 > ∼60 wt% (Supplementary Figure S6). To test whether the two groups of rocks are genetically related, we made incompatible trace element ratio plots of Nb/Th vs. Zr/Sm and Sr/Y vs. La/Yb (Supplementary Figures S7A, B), since incompatible trace element ratios do not change significantly during <50% fractional crystallization. It is seen that the two groups of CGGC rocks do not display a single trend, and therefore, it is likely that they do not have a cogenetic source.
In this study, the PM (Sun and McDonough, 1989) normalized trace element patterns are shown in Figure 9A for anorthosite and granite samples and in Figure 9B for pyroxenite, hornblendite, diorite, and dolerite samples. The average trends for E-MORB and N-MORB (Sun and McDonough, 1989), DMM (Workman and Hart, 2005), and abyssal peridotite (Niu, 2004) are also shown for comparison. The anorthosite samples in Figure 9A display near-parallel enrichment trends that increase from right to left, with moderate to strong positive anomalies at Y, Ti, Sr, and Pb. However, anorthosite samples RJ 45B, RJ 48C, and RJ 40 are relatively less enriched with rock/PM < 1 for most elements from Lu to Sm. Normalized values of relatively more mobile elements such as Rb, Ba, Th, and K show less scattering, which suggests that anorthosite samples are relatively fresh and geochemical data are suitable for interpretation. Granite samples (BR-1 and BR-4) are slightly more enriched than the anorthosite and display moderate to strong negative anomalies at Ti, P, Sr, Nb, and Ba and a moderate positive anomaly at Pb. However, sample BR-4 is relatively less enriched than BR-1 in elements from Lu to Gd and displays a weak positive anomaly at Y.
FIGURE 9. PM normalized whole-rock trace element patterns for (A) anorthosite and granite samples and (B) hornblendite, pyroxenite, dolerite, and diorite samples from the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (references as in Figure 7). Average enriched-MORB and normal-MORB from Sun and McDonough (1989), depleted MORB mantle from Workman and Hart (2005), and abyssal peridotite from Niu (2004). Normalizing values are taken from Sun and McDonough (1989).
Pyroxenite, hornblendite, diorite, and dolerite samples of this study display near-parallel enrichment trends that slightly increase from right to left. However, anomalies differ between these rock types. Hornblendite samples show weak to moderate positive spikes at Y, Ti, Pb, and Th. The pyroxenite sample shows a moderate positive anomaly at Pb. Dolerite samples, in general, possess weak to moderate positive anomalies at Y and Ti and a moderate negative anomaly at Th. Moreover, dolerite shows an enrichment trend quite similar to E-MORB. The relative degree of enrichment among various rock types shown in Figure 9B is dolerite > gabbro > pyroxenite > hornblendite.
The chondrite (Sun and McDonough, 1989) normalized REE patterns are displayed in Figure 10A for anorthosite and granite samples and in Figure 10B for pyroxenite, hornblendite, diorite, and dolerite. The fields for gabbro and granite rocks of CGGC from previous studies are also shown for comparison, including average trends for E-MORB, N-MORB, DMM, and abyssal peridotite. Anorthosite samples, on the whole, display a very gradual and steady increase in REE enrichment from Lu to La [(La/Yb)N = 1.22–13.08] with near-parallel trends. Most of the anorthosite samples show weak to moderate positive Eu anomaly. However, samples RJ 45B and RJ 46 display weak negative Eu anomaly. Moreover, samples RJ 45B and RJ 48C show a slight spike at Ce. Also, Lu to Dy values in anorthite samples RJ 45B, RJ 40, and RJ 48C are more depleted than both DMM and average abyssal peridotite. Granite samples (BR-1 and BR 4) trend near parallel to anorthosite but are more enriched than the latter and show moderate negative anomaly at Eu.
FIGURE 10. Chondrite normalized whole-rock rare earth element patterns for (A) anorthosite and granite samples and (B) hornblendite, pyroxenite, dolerite, and diorite samples from the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (CGGC). Granite and gabbro fields for CGGC, enriched-MORB, normal-MORB, depleted MORB mantle, abyssal peridotite, and normalizing values are the same as in Figure 8.
In Figure 10B, chondrite normalized REE patterns for hornblendite, pyroxenite, dolerite, and diorite samples display a variable degree of enrichment from rock/chondrite = ∼1 (hornblendite sample BR 9/3) to rock/chondrite = ∼50 (dolerite samples). The overall enrichment pattern shows a slight increase from Lu to La. Hornblendite sample BR 9/3, however, shows a lower enrichment trend at rock/chondrite = ∼1. Pyroxenite and diorite samples display a weak negative Eu anomaly. The relative degree of REE enrichment among these rock types shown in Figure 10B is dolerite > diorite > pyroxenite > hornblendite.
5 Discussion
5.1 Pressure and temperature of amphibole crystallization
In this study, pressure (P) and temperature (T) of amphibole crystallization were constrained using amphibole present in pyroxenite, hornblendite, and anorthosite samples. P was calculated using the following barometers: 1) Larocque and Canil (2010) that uses AlVI values in amphibole; 2) recalibrated Larocque and Canil (2010) barometer with added experiments of Krawczynski et al. (2012) (eq. 2); 3) barometer-hygrometer of Krawczynski et al. (2012) (eq. 1) that uses Mg# (between 74 and 84) of the amphibole and assuming ΔNNO = 0; 4) Ridolfi et al. (2010); and 5) Ridolfi and Renzulli (2012) (eq. 1b). It was seen that barometers of Larocque and Canil (2010) and Krawczynski et al. (2012) (eq. 2) returned lower p values when AlVI < 0.1 a.p.f.u., but higher p values when AlVI > 0.4 a.p.f.u. in our samples and therefore were not considered. Also, only those p values of Krawczynski et al. (2012) (eq. 1) barometer were considered where Mg# of amphibole lie between 74 and 84. T was calculated using amphibole thermometers of Putirka (2016) (eq. 5 for P-independent and eq. 6 for P-dependent).
P-T values obtained using amphibole geothermobarometers are presented in Table 3. Pressure and temperature of amphibole crystallization are constrained between 0.2 and 6.3 kbar and 635–807°C for pyroxenite, 0.2–6.6 kbar and 658–788°C for hornblendite, and 0.5–6.4 kbar and 653–780°C for anorthosite.
TABLE 3. Pressure and temperature of amphibole crystallization in pyroxenite, hornblendite, and anorthosite samples from the study area.
5.2 Parental melt calculation for anorthosite
The compositions of parental liquid for anorthosite from the study area were estimated by adopting the equilibrium distribution method (EDM; Bédard, 1994; Bédard, 2001). Input variables for EDM include WR composition of anorthosite, mineral proportions, mineral/melt partition coefficients, and trapped melt fractions (TMF). WR composition and mineral proportions (CIPW norm) are given in Table 1. Mineral/melt partition coefficients were taken from Bédard (2001), where they have been applied for an anorthosite suite of rocks. We selected anorthosite sample RJ 48D for EDM calculations because of the high modal abundance of plagioclase, presence of modal olivine, and availability of plagioclase trace element data. Parental melts were calculated assuming TMF between 0% and 20%, and the results are displayed in Figures 11A, B. Also shown are the average trends for N-MORB and E-MORB, DMM, and abyssal peridotite.
FIGURE 11. Chondrite normalized rare earth element patterns for (A) whole rock and (B) plagioclase for anorthosite sample RJ 48D from the study area of Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex. Trapped melt fractions at 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20% have been calculated using the equilibrium distribution method (EDM) of Bédard (1994, 2001). Partition coefficient (D) values are taken from Bédard (2001). See text for details. In whole rock, enriched-MORB 9(E-MORB) and normal-MORB (N-MORB) values are taken from Gale et al. (2013), whereas DMM and abyssal peridotite values are taken as in Figure 8. In plagioclase, E-MORB and N-MORB values are calculated via equilibrium distribution method using whole-rock major (to calculate modal abundance) and rare earth element compositions from Gale et al. (2013). Normalizing values are the same as in Figure 8.
REE enrichment patterns from La to Gd at TMF between 0% and 20% are shown in Figure 11A for WR and in Figure 11B for plagioclase composition. WR melt curves in Figure 11A display a near-parallel and increasing trend from La to Gd with a negative anomaly at Eu. The melt curves trend near parallel to E-MORB but at slightly higher rock/chondrite values. Parental melt curves calculated using the Nernst distribution coefficient equation Cmelt = Cplag/Dplag (where Cmelt = concentration in melt, Cplag = concentration in plagioclase, and Dplag = plagioclase-melt partition coefficient) are also displayed in Figure 11A. It is seen that parental melt curves from Sm to La are near parallel and constrained broadly between TMF = ∼5–15%, except for two lines that plot below TMF = 20%. WR sample RJ 48D in general lies below N-MORB and E-MORB but above DMM and abyssal peridotite.
The plagioclase REE composition from Gd to La analyzed in sample RJ 48D is shown in Figure 11B. It is interesting to note that the degree and pattern of REE enrichment in plagioclase very closely resemble the TMF curves calculated via EDM using WR composition. The plagioclase compositions are near parallel to E-MORB with a strong positive anomaly at Eu. Also, plagioclase compositions from Sm to La are constrained between TMF = ∼5–15%, which is similar to that observed in Figure 11A.
5.3 Petrogenesis of anorthosite
The origin of anorthosite has been a topic of discussion for more than 6 decades. Most of the earlier workers believed that anorthosite formation occurred through the crystallization of plagioclasic magma, which resulted from the assimilation of sedimentary rocks by basaltic magma (e.g., Waard et al., 1974, and references therein). It was thought that mantle-derived magmas ponded at the crust–mantle boundary where differentiation produced floating plagioclase cumulates at the roof of magma chambers in Fe-rich, high-Al gabbroic liquids. Because of gravity, these floating plagioclase mush started to rise as diapirs through the crust and got emplaced into the mid–upper crust to form anorthosite plutons. By contrast, some workers believed that anorthosites were derived from the melting of the lower crust (e.g., Duchesne et al., 1999, and references therein). However, an experimental work (Longhi et al., 1999) followed by Re–Os isotope data (Schiellerup et al., 2000) supported a mafic lower crust origin for the anorthosite.
Selbekk and Skjerlie (2002) conducted water-saturated melting experiments on a nepheline-normative metagabbro sample 109SD from the Rognsund Intrusion within the Seiland Igneous Province (Norway). They suggested that anorthosite liquids can form by anatexis of nepheline-normative mafic rocks in the presence of an H2O-bearing fluid phase. Krättli and Schmidt (2021) conducted piston-cylinder experiments using synthetic samples (stg3 + plag in the ratio 90:10 and 70:30) to investigate the role of gravitation and density differences for anorthosite formation from basaltic melts. Their experiments confirm that gravitational segregation of plagioclase is feasible to produce cumulates. Latypov et al. (2020) explored the formation of anorthosite in layered intrusions in the Bushveld Complex using thermodynamic modeling. Their input parameters were as follows: 1) starting composition as “B2 melt” (Barnes et al., 2010), which is a basaltic andesite melt enriched in Al2O3; 2) p = 1–10 kbar; 3) oxygen buffer = QFM; and 4) H2O = 0.55 wt%. Their results showed that orthopyroxene is the first liquidus phase at p = 10–3 kbar, whereas plagioclase is the first liquidus phase between 0 and 3 kbar. There is a plagioclase-only saturation field at T = ∼1,200°C and p = 1–3 kbar (Latypov et al., 2020; Figure 5).
We attempted to model the formation of anorthosite in our study area using MELTS software, an Excel program downloaded from http://melts.ofm-research.org/(Gualda et al., 2012). Our input parameters were p = 3 kbar, ƒo2 = QFM, and H2O = 1 wt% with all phases included in the check box. Our first approach was to use the starting compositions such as 1) hornblendite, pyroxenite, and dolerite samples of this study; 2) basalt sample RJ 8 of Ahmad et al. (2021); and 3) gabbro sample B7 of Manikyamba et al. (2020). However, it was seen that plagioclase was not the first liquidus phase in any of these samples.
Our second approach was to use the starting compositions from Selbekk and Skjerlie (2002) and Krättli and Schmidt (2021). MELTS modeling showed that plagioclase was the first liquidus phase at 3 bar when samples of both Selbekk and Skjerlie (2002) and Krättli and Schmidt (2021) were used as the starting compositions. It was also seen that the liquid line of descents (LLDs) produced by sample stg3 + plag (Krättli and Schmidt, 2021) begin much closer to anorthosite than LLDs of sample 109SD (Selbekk and Skjerlie, 2002) (refer to Figure 8). This is more obvious in the LLD of Fe2O3(t), TiO2, and Al2O3. We, therefore, suggest that anorthosite of our study area may have crystallized from plagioclase-saturated basaltic melts at p = ∼3 kbar. The shape of LLDs produced by stg3 + plag also suggests that some of the gabbros, particularly of Rasheed et al. (2021), are products of residual melts generated after the crystallization of anorthosite.
We also performed crystallization modeling from 0.001 to 10 kbar using sample stg3 + plag (Krättli and Schmidt, 2021) to check for the generation of the plagioclase-only field in the P-T diagram. Sample stg + plg (70:30) produced plagioclase as the first liquidus phase at all pressures from p = 0.001–10 kbar. However, sample stg + plag (90:10) produced plagioclase as the first liquidus phase from p = 0.001–6 kbar, whereas clinopyroxene is the first liquidus phase from p = 6–10 kbar (Figure 12). These results support that anorthosite of the study area formed from the plagioclase-saturated basaltic melt.
FIGURE 12. Temperature and pressure diagram (after Latypov et al., 2020) showing mineral saturation curves calculated by using sample stg3 + plag (90:10) from Krättli and Schmidt, (2021) as the starting composition in the MELTS program at oxygen buffer = QFM, H2O = 1 wt%, and p = 0.001–10 kbar. Plagioclase-only saturation field is obtained between p = 0.001–6 kbar shown by the yellow-filled area.
6 Conclusion
The Proterozoic granites from the northern margin of the CGGC of Eastern India appear to have been intruded by multiple injections of magma and crystal mush into an oceanic island arc, forming granites. These granites host enclaves of anorthosite. These anorthosites in turn host pyroxenite, hornbledite, and diorite enclaves. All the enclaves have a sharp margin with the host rock and display variable dimensions and shapes from angular to subrounded bodies.
PM normalized WR trace element patterns of the anorthosites display near-parallel enrichment trends that increase from Lu to Rb, with moderate to strong positive anomalies at Y, Ti, Sr, and Pb. Host granite is slightly more enriched than anorthosite, with strong to moderate negative anomalies at Ti, P, Sr, Nb, and Ba and a moderate positive anomaly at Pb. Pyroxenite, hornblendite, diorite, and dolerite samples of this study display near-parallel enrichment trends that slightly increase from Lu to Rb.
Pressure and temperature of amphibole crystallization are constrained between 0.2 and 6.3 kbar and 635–807°C for pyroxenite, 0.2–6.6 kbar and 658–788°C for hornblendite, and 0.5–6.4 kbar and 653–780°C for anorthosite of the study area.
EDM modeling of anorthosites shows that the WR melt curves display a near-parallel and increasing trend from Gd to La with a negative anomaly at Eu. Parental melt curves calculated using the Nernst distribution coefficient equation show that melt compositions from Sm to La are near parallel and constrained broadly between TMF = ∼5–15%.
MELTS modeling shows that the anorthosite of our study area might have crystallized from plagioclase-saturated basaltic melts at p = ∼3 kbar. Crystallization modeling inferences show that the parental melt for anorthosite was generated at deeper levels, which then ascended adiabatically to shallower depths. At last, it caused the melt to become plagioclase saturated, resulting in crystallization and gravity flotation of plagioclase cumulates as enclaves within the Proterozoic granites of CGGC.
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Author contributions
AS: field, data generation, and writing (lead); PN: field, data generation, and writing (supporting); MA: field and data generation (supporting); DU: LA-ICP-MS data generation (lead); SA: writing (supporting).
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This study is supported by funding from the University of Delhi, under the faculty research grant -IoE (IoE/FRP/PCMS/2020/27) to AS.
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AS and MA acknowledge the funding received from the University of Delhi, under the faculty research grant -IoE, (IoE/FRP/PCMS/2020/27). PN acknowledges University Grants Commission for JRF fellowship UGC ref no. 385/(CSIR-UGC-NET JUNE 2019).
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Keywords: enclaves, Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex, anorthosite, hornblendite, pyroxenite
Citation: Negi P, Saikia A, Ahmad M, Upadhyay D and Akhtar S (2022) Nature and origin of anorthosite enclaves within Proterozoic granite of Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex of Eastern India. Front. Earth Sci. 10:952554. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.952554
Received: 25 May 2022; Accepted: 29 July 2022;
Published: 02 September 2022.
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